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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for November 2002

Education The Self-Directed Learning Handbook, by Maurice Gibbons, explains how to help middle and high school students practice self-directed learning, a process...

Research

Research of Note for September 2002

Because September is back-to-school month, it’s a good time to think about schools. Two of the three new studies below focus on...

Research

Research of Note for May 2002

This month’s Research Watch provides information about the effectiveness of drug prevention programs, the impact of role models on youth and new...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Honors for April 2002

HASBRO Teens With the Courage to Give Award For: Young people who have “faced physical and/or emotional obstacles, reached out to make...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

H.O.T. Salsa Project

San Antonio, Texas (210)-335-1727gfaulk1960@yahoo.com Objective: To provide valuable workforce knowledge to at-risk youth in a residential setting with hands-on learning experience. In...

News

Using Hip-Hop in Youth Programs

Back in 1998 a wonderful youth program in Brooklyn, El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, came under the spotlight of critical...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Expiration Expected

Hometown-girl-made-good Marian Wright Edelman, 62, is far from dead. But that hasn’t deterred Congress from approving two earmarks for the planned Marian...

► Reports

Role Models, Ethnic Identity, and Health Risk Behaviors in Urban Adolescents

A youth's role model often shares his or her gender and/or race, according to this survey conducted in Los Angeles.

Research

Research of Note for March 2002

A focus on studies that help youth workers identify the strengths in even the most at-risk youth, but also remind staff to be...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Web Watch for March 2002

Teen Hoopla: Say What?www.ala.org/teenhoopla/saywhat/index2.htmloffers a forum for youths to express their views on issues ranging from the Sept. 11 attacks to school...

Opinion

Sane School House Safety

No national youth policy issue is more off track than the effort to make schools safe for children and staff. A series...

Opinion

“Senior Year” Refreshes, ASH Chokes

I have never met a “typical teenager.” Sullen, alienated, immature, impulsive, rebellious, obnoxious, immortality-deluded, high-risk? I’ve encountered as many grownups (me, for...

► Reports

Discrimination Settlement

The Adams Mark Hotel chain has agreed to pay a total of $1.1 million to black guests and several black colleges to settle...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

CSAP: From Shut Up to Shut Down

“Shut the f**k up, bitch!” That one ill-mannered and vulgar sentence has propelled the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) from a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for February 2002

Books After-school Building Effective Afterschool Programs, by Olatokunbo Fashola, takes readers through the process of modeling, creating and evaluating four types of...

Opinion